About

Claudia Jañez was appointed president and general manager of DuPont Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean in 2015. She continues to serve as the region’s government affairs director, a role she has held since 2011. With Dow and DuPont rumoured to be in advanced talks over a merger of their Mexico units, Jañez will have her hands full for the coming year, but nominators say she is unlikely to let the high standards she has set across the region slip. As one commented, ‘she has a very wide geographical region to cover and it stretches her team, but she is very much on top of the legal and commercial issues the company faces in the Central American market’. In addition to her wide-ranging regional responsibilities, Jañez is the secretary of the management council for DuPont in Mexico and represents the company at the American Chamber of Commerce. Last year she was named one of the most powerful women in Mexico by Forbes magazine. She has previously featured in The Legal 500’s Mexico Powerlist.